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Three Mile Island, a name that will live on in history

Plans to close the plant will not erase its national importance. See front pages from the 1979 nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island.

Shown are the unit 2 cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown.
Shown are the unit 2 cooling towers at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown.Read moreAP Photo / Matt Rourke